Vitostreet has passionately been covering graffiti and street art in the Parisian area for years. Whenever something interesting is done in the capital, you can be sure he’ll spot it and post it before anyone else on his Flickr account. A few days after we unveiled the Mausoleum project, he sent us a few pictures and the following email:

“I’ve often had the occasion of discovering “spots” taken over by graffiti artists, but I’ve rarely (if ever) been slapped to the face like I was while visiting the Mausoleum. I just wanted to thank you and congratulate you (Sowat) and Lek, as well as all the other artists who took part in the project, for the work you’ve done. A high quality and beautiful work of research, conception and innovation.”

A small anecdote:

Publicnme and me were in such a haste that we didn’t really pay attention to the path we followed while entering the supermarket. We should have because 5 hours later, once our visit was over we simply couldn’t find our way out anymore. We spent a good hour searching for the damn hole we’d used to enter the building. An hour can seem short, but when you are in total darkness with only a small torchlight whose intensity diminishes with each passing minute, it can really become stressful…

Alëxone watched too many Beastie Boys videos. After spending years looking for an affordable fish-eye, he finally found this 8mm Peleng on the internet for a cool 230 dollars. Two weeks after ordering it, he received a package from Belorussia wish his precious lens wrapped in Russian newspaper and thread. As a service, he agreed to come to the Mausoleum’s show a second time to take more pix of the installation we put together with Dem189, Swiz, Philipe Baudelocque, Mr Qui, Hobz and Honda from the TurboDesign, Seb174, Legz, Sirius and Saten. All the objects, letters and documents shown here were taken from inside the Mausoleum.